Casssell's dictionary of cookery, with numerous engravings and full page colour plates. Containing above nine thousand recipes.
by CASSELL
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, c.1870. 1870 [4], xcvi, 1178 p. 10 colour plates and many images iin the text.Contemporary half calf binding with cloth boards.The spine with gold and blind lines and titled in gilt. Rubbed on the edges and corners and the front joint is starting to split. The boards are firmly attached and the cloth shows shelf wear. The text is tight and the main dictionary is printed in two columns.
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- Bookseller
- COBNAR BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8269
- Title
- Casssell's dictionary of cookery, with numerous engravings and full page colour plates. Containing above nine thousand recipes.
- Author
- CASSELL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin
- Date Published
- c.1870
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- Shelf Wear
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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